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Richard J. Bonnie

University of Virginia - School of Law

Harrison Foundation Professor of Law and Medicine

580 Massie Road

Charlottesville, VA 22903

United States

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1.

Law and Neuroscience: Recommendations Submitted to the President's Bioethics Commission

Journal of Law and Biosciences, vol 1, pp 224-236 (2014)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 31 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2015
Owen D. Jones, Richard J. Bonnie, BJ Casey, Andre Davis, David L. Faigman, Morris B. Hoffman, Read Montague, Stephen Morse, Marcus Raichle, Jennifer Richeson, Elizabeth S. Scott, Laurence Steinberg, Kim A. Taylor-Thompson, Anthony D. Wagner and Gideon Yaffe
Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Virginia - School of Law, Yale University - Department of Psychology, US Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit, University of California Hastings College of the Law, Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Washington University School of Medicine, Yale University - Department of Psychology, Columbia University - Law School, Temple University - Department of Psychology, New York University School of Law, Stanford University - Psychology and Yale Law School
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law and neuroscience, psychology, neurolaw, criminal responsibility, tort liability, evidence, brain, memory, injury, emotion, lie detection, judging, psychopathy, fMRI, EEG, decision making, neuroethics, bioethics, punishment, sentencing

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The Language of Mens Rea

67 Vanderbilt Law Review 1327 (2014), Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 14-16, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-29
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 May 2014 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2017
Matthew Ginther, Francis X. Shen, Richard J. Bonnie, Morris B. Hoffman, Owen D. Jones, Rene Marois and Kenneth W. Simons
Court of Federal Claims - Office of Special Masters, University of Minnesota Law School, University of Virginia - School of Law, Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado, Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University - Department of Psychology
Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Mental states, criminal law, Model Penal Code, MPC, empirical, punishment, sentencing, blame, culpability, mens rea, purposeful, knowing, reckless, negligent, responsibility, crime, criminology, retribution, just deserts, blameworthiness, intentionality, law and psychology, juror decision making

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Responsibility for Addiction

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2011
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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Should a Personality Disorder Qualify as a Mental Disease in Insanity Adjudication?

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 38, 2010, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-06
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2011
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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Insanity, criminal responsibility

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The Impending Collision Between First Amendment Protection for Commercial Speech and the Public Health: The Case of Tobacco Control

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-34
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Jun 2014
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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commercial speech, public health, tobacco advertising, marijuana legalization

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Embedding Advance Directives in Routine Care for Persons with Serious Mental Illness: The Virginia Advance Directive Project

Psychiatric Services 2015-66, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 9
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2016
Heather Zelle, Kathleen Kemp and Richard J. Bonnie
UVA Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, Brown University - Warren Alpert Medical School and University of Virginia - School of Law
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Personalized Disclosure by Information-on-Demand: Attending to Patients’ Needs in the Informed Consent Process

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-43
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 28 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2012
Gil Siegal, Richard J. Bonnie and Paul S. Appelbaum
University of Virginia School of Law, University of Virginia - School of Law and Columbia University
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informed consent, medical decision-making, patient education

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Reducing Mental Health Civil Commitments Through Longer Temporary Detention Periods

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-05
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 22 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2011
Tanya Wanchek and Richard J. Bonnie
Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, University of Virginia and University of Virginia - School of Law
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Mental health, temporary detention, voluntary, involuntary, civil commitment

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Voting by Elderly Persons with Cognitive Impairment: Lessons from Other Democratic Nations

McGeorge Law Review, Vol. 38, 2007
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie and Jason Karlawish
University of Virginia - School of Law and University of Pennsylvania
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Interventions Used by Colleges to Respond to Student Mental Health Crisis

Psychiatric Services, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-23
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2011
John Monahan, Richard J. Bonnie, Susan Davis and Christopher A. Flynn
University of Virginia School of Law, University of Virginia - School of Law, University of Virginia and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Impact of Modern Neuroscience on Treatment of Parolees: Ethical Considerations in Using Pharmacology to Prevent Addiction Relapse

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie, Donna T. Chen and Charles P. O'Brien
University of Virginia - School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Closing the Organ Gap: A Reciprocity-Based Social Contract Approach

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 2006
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie and Gil Siegal
University of Virginia - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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The Evolving Position of the American Psychiatric Association on Firearm Policy (1993-2014)

Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 8
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2015
Richard J. Bonnie, Paul S. Appelbaum and Debra A. Pinals
University of Virginia - School of Law, Columbia University and Worcester State Hospital
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The Virtues of Pragmatism in Drug Policy

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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From Coercion to Contract: Reframing the Debate on Mandated Community Treatment for People with Mental Disorders

Law and Human Behavior, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie and John Monahan
University of Virginia - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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The Capacity to Vote of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie, Paul S. Appelbaum and Jason Karlawish
University of Virginia - School of Law, Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania
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The Effect of Community Mental Health Services on Hospitalization Rates in Virginia

Psychiatric Services, Vol. 62, pp. 194-199, 2011, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-08
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2011
Tanya Wanchek, Elizabeth L. McGarvey and Richard J. Bonnie
Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, University of Virginia, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Virginia - School of Law
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mental health, temporary detention, civil commitment, voluntary, involuntary

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Panetti V. Quarterman: Mental Illness, the Death Penalty, and Human Dignity

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 5, 2007
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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Political Abuse of Psychiatry in the Soviet Union and in China: Complexities and Controversies

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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An Account of Collective Actions in Public Health

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 11 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie, Gil Siegal and Neomi Siegal
University of Virginia - School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Tragedy and Mental Health System Transformation in Virginia

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie, James S. Reinhard, Phillip Hamilton and Elizabeth L. McGarvey
University of Virginia - School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Judicially Mandated Treatment with Naltrexone by Opiate-Addicted Criminal Offenders

Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, Vol. 13, p. 64, 2005
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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Howard Zonana and the Transformation of Forensic Psychiatry

Journal of American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. 38, 2011, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-07
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2011
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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Forensic psychiatry, mental health law, history

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License as Leverage: Mandating Treatment for Professionals

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie and John Monahan
University of Virginia - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Voting and the Cognitively Impaired

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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Reflections on Fairness in UNOS Allocation Policies

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 12 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie and Gil Siegal
University of Virginia - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Is the Law a Barrier to Campus Safety?

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 11 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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The Virginia Human Rights System: Foundation for Respect

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 11 Feb 2011
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia - School of Law
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29.

Decoding Guilty Minds

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 71, 2018, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2017-59, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 18-10
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2018
Matthew Ginther, Francis X. Shen, Richard J. Bonnie, Morris B. Hoffman, Owen D. Jones and Kenneth W. Simons
Court of Federal Claims - Office of Special Masters, University of Minnesota Law School, University of Virginia - School of Law, Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado, Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Mental states, criminal law, Model Penal Code, MPC, empirical, punishment, sentencing, blame, culpability, mens rea, purposeful, knowing, reckless, negligent, responsibility, crime, criminology, retribution, just deserts, blameworthiness, intentionality, law and psychology, juror decision making

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G2i Knowledge Brief: A Knowledge Brief of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience

MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience (2017)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 28 Jul 2017
David L. Faigman, Richard J. Bonnie, BJ Casey, Andre Davis, Morris B. Hoffman, Owen D. Jones, Read Montague, Stephen Morse, Marcus Raichle, Jennifer Richeson, Elizabeth S. Scott, Laurence Steinberg, Kim A. Taylor-Thompson, Anthony D. Wagner and Gideon Yaffe
University of California Hastings College of the Law, University of Virginia - School of Law, Yale University - Department of Psychology, US Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit, Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado, Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Washington University School of Medicine, Yale University - Department of Psychology, Columbia University - Law School, Temple University - Department of Psychology, New York University School of Law, Stanford University - Psychology and Yale Law School
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evidence, G2i, group-to-individual inference, neuroscience, neurolaw, law and neuroscience, brain, brain imaging

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Predicting the Knowledge-Recklessness Distinction in the Human Brain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 16 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2017
Iris Vilares, Michael Wesley, Woo-Young Ahn, Richard J. Bonnie, Morris B. Hoffman, Owen D. Jones, Stephen Morse, Gideon Yaffe, Terry Lohrenz and Read Montague
University College London - Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging, University of Kentucky - Behavioral Science, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Psychology, University of Virginia - School of Law, Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado, Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Yale Law School, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
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law and neuroscience, criminal law, mental state, punishment, crime, blame, culpability, mens rea, Model Penal Code, MPC, knowledge, recklessness, responsibility, intention, brain, brain imaging, brain scan, neuroimaging, neuroscience, functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI, neurolaw

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How Should Justice Policy Treat Young Offenders?

MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, February 2017, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-9, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-17, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-545
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 28 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2017
BJ Casey, Richard J. Bonnie, Andre Davis, David L. Faigman, Morris B. Hoffman, Owen D. Jones, Read Montague, Stephen Morse, Marcus Raichle, Jennifer Richeson, Elizabeth S. Scott, Laurence Steinberg, Kim A. Taylor-Thompson and Anthony D. Wagner
Yale University - Department of Psychology, University of Virginia - School of Law, US Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit, University of California Hastings College of the Law, Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado, Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Washington University School of Medicine, Yale University - Department of Psychology, Columbia University - Law School, Temple University - Department of Psychology, New York University School of Law and Stanford University - Psychology
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Juvenile justice, adolescent, children, minors, brain, brain imaging, neuroscience, law and neuroscience, neurolaw, neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, maturity, functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI, responsibility, culpability, mens rea, punishment, crime

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fMRI and Lie Detection

MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, 2016 , Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-10
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 23 Dec 2016
Anthony D. Wagner, Richard J. Bonnie, BJ Casey, Andre Davis, David L. Faigman, Morris B. Hoffman, Owen D. Jones, Read Montague, Stephen Morse, Marcus Raichle, Jennifer Richeson, Elizabeth S. Scott, Laurence Steinberg, Kim A. Taylor-Thompson and Gideon Yaffe
Stanford University - Psychology, University of Virginia - School of Law, Yale University - Department of Psychology, US Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit, University of California Hastings College of the Law, Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado, Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Washington University School of Medicine, Yale University - Department of Psychology, Columbia University - Law School, Temple University - Department of Psychology, New York University School of Law and Yale Law School
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lie detection, polygraph, memory, deception, evidence, neuroscience, law and neuroscience, neurolaw, brain, brain imaging, brain scan, neuroimaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI, behavioral biology, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology

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Parsing the Behavioral and Brain Mechanisms of Third-Party Punishment

Journal of Neuroscience. Vol. 36, 9420-9434, 2016, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2016-50, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-01
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2017
Matthew Ginther, Richard J. Bonnie, Morris B. Hoffman, Francis X. Shen, Kenneth W. Simons, Owen D. Jones and Rene Marois
Court of Federal Claims - Office of Special Masters, University of Virginia - School of Law, Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado, University of Minnesota Law School, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences and Vanderbilt University - Department of Psychology
Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience
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punishment, crime, neuroscience, mental state, harm, judges, decision making, sentencing, jurors, law and neuroscience, brain, brain imaging, brain scan, neuroimaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI, behavioral biology, law and emotion, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology

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Implementation and Effectiveness of Connecticut's Risk-Based Gun Removal Law: Does it Prevent Suicides?

Law and Contemporary Problems, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Sep 2016
Jeffrey W. Swanson, Michael Norko, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Kelly Alanis-Hirsch, Linda Frisman, Madelon Baranoski, Michele Easter, Allison G. Robertson, Marvin Swartz and Richard J. Bonnie
Duke University - Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Yale University - Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut - School of Social Work, Duke University - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Connecticut - School of Social Work, Yale University - Department of Psychiatry, Duke University - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and University of Virginia - School of Law
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firearms injury and mortality, risk-based gun removal laws, suicide prevention, gun violence restraining orders

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Abolition of the Insanity Defense Violates Due Process

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. 41, Pg. 488, 2013, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 15-33
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 05 Dec 2015
Stephen Morse and Richard J. Bonnie
University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Virginia - School of Law
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Criminal procedure, constitutional law, Fifth Amendment, Supreme Court of the United States, SCOTUS, Delling v. Idaho, blame, responsibility, mental disorder, competence, punishment, fairness

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Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain

American Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 30 (2): 170-178, 2002
Posted: 03 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
James F. Childress, Ruth Faden, Ruth Gaare Bernheim, Lawrence O. Gostin, Jeffrey P. Kahn, Richard J. Bonnie, Nancy Kaas, Anna C. Mastroianni, Jonathan D. Moreno and Phillip Nieburg
Independent, Johns Hopkins University - Berman Institute of Bioethics, Independent, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, University of Virginia - School of Law, Johns Hopkins University, University of Washington - School of Law, University of Pennsylvania and Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

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public health, ethics, theory, practice, conceptual map

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Injury as a Field of Public Health: Achievements and Controversies

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Vol. 30, No. 2
Posted: 17 Sep 2002
Richard J. Bonnie and Bernard Guyer
University of Virginia - School of Law and Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health

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